Monday 8th February, 2010
Winter weather hits housing market
Loughborough EchoFeb 9 2010 The winter weather put a freeze on the housing market during January as buyers and sellers put their moving plans on hold, research has shown. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyo...
Sales hit by snow and economic woes
Loughborough EchoFeb 9 2010 The high street suffered its worst January in at least 15 years after snow and economic woes hurt sales, the British Retail Consortium has said. The "awful" start to 2010 followed the s...
'Ice problem' in BA jet accident
Loughborough EchoFeb 9 2010 Plane safety requirements did not cover the particular ice problem which probably caused a Boeing 777 to crash-land at Heathrow Airport two years ago as the risk was "unrecognised at tha...
Man gets two years for attack on woman
Irish TimesDublin firm regains possession of jet A YOUNG man who beat a woman to the ground in front of her young children has been sentenced to two years in prison with the final year suspended.Jason Nolan (21)...
McCreevy has no plan to return to Irish politics after stint in EU
Irish TimesARTHUR BEESLEYOUTGOING IRISH EU commissioner Charlie McCreevy has no plans to return to the domestic political fray following his departure from the EU executive. However, he has left few clues as to ...
Investment Column: On a wing and a prayer, buy Aer Lingus
The IndependentAer Lingus Our view: Buy Share price: €0.67 (unchanged)Aer Lingus is a tricky call. Yesterday's announcement about passenger numbers is a case in point. Overall traffic climbed by a modest 0.6 ...
Party basked in victory as 'celebrity' TD grew more discontented
Irish Times FOR WEEKS and possibly months after George Lee’s landslide victory in the Dublin South byelection last June, Fine Gael basked in the glory of its success in wooing RTÉ’s former ...
'I really thought he was going to change our country'
Irish Times THERE WAS much criticism of Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny in George Lee’s Dublin South constituency, where shoppers were shocked at the deputy’s departure.It had not taken long for the...
Interview: 'at The End Of The Day Being A Crowd-puller Can Be Quite A Hollow Thing
Irish Times SOR: What about the 27,000 people who gave you their number one vote in Dublin South? Did you not think you had some obligation to them, even as an Independent, remaining in the Dáil as an ...
Profile of George Lee
Irish TimesParty basked in victory as 'celebrity' TD grew more discontented THE MANNER of George Lee’s announcement bore striking similarities to the manner in which the previous chapter in his high-profil...
Lee rejected Kenny offer of job on front bench
Irish TimesHARRY McGEE Political CorrespondentGEORGE LEE rejected the offer of a frontbench position from Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny last week because it was offered to him “under duress”.Mr Lee yes...
Dublin firm regains possession of jet
Irish TimesMARY CAROLANA DUBLIN-BASED aircraft leasing company has regained possession of a Boeing jet at the centre of a dispute with a Spanish airline, the Commercial Court has heard.Pembroke 717 Leasing Ltd h...
Investor owing €8m to EBS has five properties repossessed
Irish TimesFIONA GARTLANDA MAN who borrowed almost €8 million from the Educational Building Society to develop a site in Co Tipperary has had it and four other properties repossessed.Ms Justice Elizabeth D...
Drugs courier escapes jail after 'dramatic turnaraound'
Irish TimesMan gets two years for attack on woman A TAXI driver who helped criminals distribute “vast amounts” of cocaine around Dublin has been ordered to carry out 240 hours of community service in...
Victim tore off receipt bearing driver's registration number
Irish TimesMan gets two years for attack on woman THE CENTRAL Criminal Court heard that the young woman had been placed in a taxi after she got separated from a friend that night.She gave the driver, John Ryan, ...
Taxi driver gets seven years in jail for rape
Irish TimesMan gets two years for attack on woman A LIMERICK taxi driver who raped and sexually assaulted a passenger two years ago after driving her to an isolated area has been jailed for seven years.John Ryan...
Opening date for rail corridor
Irish TimesGORDON DEEGANINTERCITY PASSENGER rail services are to recommence between Limerick and Galway for the first time in 30 years next month.Iarnród Éireannl yesterday confirmed that services on t...
Medical inquiry told of delay in treating septic shock
Irish TimesEITHNE DONNELLAN Health CorrespondentTHERE WAS undoubtedly delay in diagnosing and treating a woman who developed septic shock after a procedure at the Galway Clinic in 2005, a Medical Council fitness...
Civic reception for Kilfenora band
Irish TimesGORDON DEEGANCLARE COUNTY Council’s high-tech chamber last night provided a platform for the Kilfenora Céilí Band to showcase its talents.In a forum that is more accustomed lately to h...
Council still awaits new details on wind farms
Irish TimesFRANK McDONALD Environment EditorDONEGAL County Council is awaiting further details on contentious plans for a wind farm near Glenties, with up to 35 turbines that would be higher than the Spire in Du...
Boston Scientific to cut 175 jobs in Galway
Irish TimesJOHN FALLON in Galway and EOIN BURKE-KENNEDYTHE LARGEST multinational in the west yesterday announced it is reducing its workforce, with 175 jobs to go at the Boston Scientific plant in Galway.The mov...
NI party leaders to discuss justice position
Irish TimesGERRY MORIARTY Northern EditorNORTHERN PARTY leaders are due to meet today to discuss who should be the North’s minister of justice, as a working group to consider how to tackle contentious para...
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